| Lead guitar only on intro. |
| D | C | |
| Daddy was a gambler back in ' | 72 |
| G | |
| He had a | taste for the night life |
| Bb | C | |
| And he l | oved his | booze |
| D | |
| He had a | woman on one arm |
| C | |
| And a | tattoo on the other |
| G | Bb | |
| It was | hard to read I don't know what it | said |
| C | D | |
| Something about my | mother |
| D | C | |
| I stood | over his shoulder back in | Bakersfield |
| G | Bb | C | |
| He had some | rhinestone boots with those high | ridin' | heels |
| D | C | |
| He | bet a ton of money on a | hand I thought was dead |
| G | Bb | |
| When those | 7's cleaned the table up |
| C | D | |
| He just | looked around and | said |
| Chorus: |
| G | |
| Sometimes you win |
| D | |
| Sometimes you won't |
| A | |
| Sometimes you beat that devil |
| D | |
| Sometimes you don't |
| G | |
| We're all just killin' time |
| D | |
| Til the good lord calls us home |
| C | G | |
| And the best that you can | hope for is |
| Bb | C | D | |
| To | die | with your | boots on. |
| D | C | |
| I drive a big rig run from | shore to shore |
| G | |
| I've got a | woman beside me |
| Bb | C | |
| and my | name out on the | door |
| D | C | |
| I can't make no money if I don't out run the | man |
| G | Bb | |
| That's | why you find me streakin' through the | night |
| C | D | |
| Catch me if you | can |
| Chorus |
| Chorus 2 : |
| G | |
| Sometimes you win |
| D | |
| Sometimes you won't |
| A | |
| sometimes | you'll out run that devil |
| D | |
| Sometimes you don't |
| G | D | Bm | |
| We're all just killin' time til the | good Lord calls us | home |
| C | G | Bb | C | |
| And the | best that you can | hope for is to | die |
| D | |
| With your boots on |
| D | |
| With your boots on |